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The trouble is, I don't really have any other places that I can post things with relative anonymity. The fact that I've neglected this blog for so long sort of allows that.
I'm not sure what to do, but my father-in-law is becoming quite vocally anti-Islam. He's buying into all the rhetoric that paints the religion as invasive and violent, and keeps coming at them from a particularly Christian point of view, the irony of which I'm sure he doesn't see.
And he keeps sending me these emails that have to do with his new (?) point of view. I didn't mind so much when it was the paranoid health emails, or the big business conspiracy emails. But the recent ones are really hateful, and I find them upsetting.
Really, I wouldn't care if he held these views quietly. I acknowledge every person's right to believe what they want. But beliefs are personal, not public, and I find his sharing of his beliefs troubling. What I find most troubling is that I no longer feel comfortable leaving Sage alone with him. I would hate for Sage to be exposed to that sort of rhetoric. Add to this the fact that my sister-in-law and niece live in the same house with my in-laws. I would hate to think that my niece has been exposed to such vitriol.
But what do I do? I asked Tara to talk to her sister, just to give her a heads up, but I really feel like I ought to say something. I need for him to understand that I won't have my son around someone who publicly feels this way. But that would be catastrophic to the family, and I'm not sure I have the right to do that.
I'm not sure what to do, but my father-in-law is becoming quite vocally anti-Islam. He's buying into all the rhetoric that paints the religion as invasive and violent, and keeps coming at them from a particularly Christian point of view, the irony of which I'm sure he doesn't see.
And he keeps sending me these emails that have to do with his new (?) point of view. I didn't mind so much when it was the paranoid health emails, or the big business conspiracy emails. But the recent ones are really hateful, and I find them upsetting.
Really, I wouldn't care if he held these views quietly. I acknowledge every person's right to believe what they want. But beliefs are personal, not public, and I find his sharing of his beliefs troubling. What I find most troubling is that I no longer feel comfortable leaving Sage alone with him. I would hate for Sage to be exposed to that sort of rhetoric. Add to this the fact that my sister-in-law and niece live in the same house with my in-laws. I would hate to think that my niece has been exposed to such vitriol.
But what do I do? I asked Tara to talk to her sister, just to give her a heads up, but I really feel like I ought to say something. I need for him to understand that I won't have my son around someone who publicly feels this way. But that would be catastrophic to the family, and I'm not sure I have the right to do that.